Baleares

See also: baleares, baléares, and Baléares

Latin

Alternative forms

• Baliārēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βᾰλῐᾱρεῖς (Baliāreîs), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from βάλλω (bállō, “I launch”); Strabo suggests a Phoenician origin. More at Balearic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈaː.reːs/, [bäɫ̪eˈäːreːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.res/, [bäleˈäːres]

Proper noun

Baleārēs m pl (genitive Baleārium); third declension

1. The Balearic Islands
2. The inhabitants of the Balearic Islands

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Baleārēs
Genitive	Baleārium
Dative	Baleāribus
Accusative	Baleārēs Baleārīs
Ablative	Baleāribus
Vocative	Baleārēs

Related terms

• Baliāricus
• Baliāris

References

• “Bălĭāres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Baleares in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Baleares”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Baleares.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ba.leˈa.ɾis/, [ba.leˈa.ɾis]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ba.leˈa.ɾis/, [ba.leˈa.ɾis]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ba.leˈa.ɾiʃ/, [ba.leˈa.ɾiʃ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /bɐˈlja.ɾɨʃ/, [bɐˈlja.ɾɨʃ], (Portugal) /bɐ.lɨˈa.ɾɨʃ/, [bɐ.lɨˈa.ɾɨʃ]

• Homophone: baleares
• Hyphenation: Ba‧le‧a‧res

Proper noun

Baleares f pl

1. Balearic Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea)

   Synonym: Ilhas Baleares

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Spanish

Proper noun

Baleares f pl

1. Synonym of Islas Baleares (“Balearic Islands”)